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Here we go again. Another year another Fox Music Holiday Card! This is the 8th year that I’ve shot an e-card. The productions keep getting bigger and “hopefully” better. Actually, last year was a huge production that took about 2 months to complete. This year was different but still a big project. So I wanted […]

I’ve been making e-cards for my department at work for years. The past 6 years however I’ve really stepped it up. With each year the pressure is greater to do a better card. After each card is complete I inevitably get the comment “This year was my favorite. How are you ever going to top […]

Arrghh! Again! I had a lot of pressure to top last year’s card. It was a good one. One take like in Goodfellas (albeit not nearly as good). So this year I though we’d do a movie trailer. Hey we work in the movie business so why not? The idea was the different departments would […]

This is the latest ecard for work. The pressure to top myself every year gets greater every year. I though of this concept two years ago but didn’t do it last year. For this card I had tried a Merlin Steadicam. I bought it on Ebay and did a lot of practicing. […]

There’s a really nice coffee shop on La Brea called Graffiti Sublime Coffee. It’s in the old City restaurant space. You know, the one by the Mary Sue Milikien and Susan Feniger? No? Well it was a long time ago. Anyhoo, Graffiti is a huge white space with great coffee and sweets. The space […]

I finally got my book Sweet Things on Amazon Kindle! Dang, it was easier than I thought but it took a while to get there. So in June I put my book on iPad as discussed here. In September it was featured in the cooking section! It took a long time to figure out how […]

A few months back I downloaded my first MacBook app from the App Store. I didn’t even know I could do that but one day I found a new icon on my dock that said “App Store” and lo and behold I could now buy more software for my computer! Very convenient. I don’t know […]

I should have posted this last week but I’ve had a pretty bad ear ache and it’s taken me a while to get it together. Anyhoo, I’m on it now! Last week the iTunes email featured a spotlight on Cooking and a link to dessert books. So, naturally I clicked on it as well, you […]

I finally got it. After months, weeks, days and hours of obsession and deliberation I got my bike. I got a Public Bike M8 in orange and I love it! It came fully assembled, save the pedals and the handle bars but it literally took 15 minutes to get it going – including taking it […]

Banana Fanna Fo Fike, Bike! I’m getting a bike. I can’t wait. My goal, and I’ll say it out loud, is to do the AIDS Ride next year. I wanted to do it this year but I got busy with my projects. You know how it goes. I had to finish my book, Sweet Things. […]

Went to NYC last week. Luckily I missed all the hot weather. It was actually perfect outside. Like room temperature. I went for work but had a little fun in between. I stayed at The Benjamin which was awesome and even more so because they upgraded me to a suite! Sweet! The hotel is at […]